But, that's a little different. You're only going to attempt a long field goal if you think you will get it. You can expect a 40-49 out of an NFL kicker in normal weather, but if the weather is poor, then you probably just go for it. A 50-yarder is going to be saved for the kickers who show that they make them on a regular basis or for the last minute of the game. You're essentially removing a lot of situations where you know you will not be able to make the FG, so those numbers are inflated. I think if you start making XPs 40 yards, you'll start seeing that move down toward 50%.

I haven't done this yet, but my plan is to get the Uverse package that has basic channels, HBO, and 18mbps internet for $50 (plus another $10 for HD). I have Netflix and Amazon Prime, but I may drop Netflix if Prime has all of the same movies and TV shows and then sign up for Netflix when House of Cards and OITNB come out with new seasons. I'll do the same with Sling TV; I'll sign up for 4 months out of the year for football and march madness then cut it after that.

I do have OTA, but I can't find a good location to place the antenna in order to get good reception for all channels. Also, once HBO allows you to subscribe directly (they're halfway there), it'll make it much easier to cut the cord completely. Until then, though, these packages that have been popping up with Local, HBO, and Internet seem to be the way to go.

I'd donate ~$584 million, leaving me ~$4 million after taxes. I'd pay off all debt; move to Ann Arbor; invest the rest Vanguard mutual funds (withdrawing 3% per year); start my own company so that I can work when I want; buy season tickets to all Michigan sports, the Lions, the Tigers, and the Red Wings (but no the Pistons because fuck the NBA); travel to all 50 states and numerous other countries over the next 50 years.

I bought the shirt. It's a favorite among friends at work. In fact, someone at work saw the shirt and started talking to me about MGoBlog. Turns out that I work with one of the prominent members of the community.

First of all, the first amendment does not say that you can't be punished for what you say. It says that congress cannot pass a law that abridges freedom of speech. A university is not congress.

Secondly, the amendment pertains at the federal level of government, not the state level. States can enact laws that limit free speech, e.g. the law that prevents men from swearing in front of women and children. Universities are entities under their state, not federal, goverment. Therefore, (by your logic) expulsion from a state university qualifies as punishment by the state government and therefore has nothing to do with the first amendment of the federal constitution.

Isn't part of fostering diversity of thought having all people even be comfortable in a room with everyone else? Dropping N-bombs and talking about segregation...ok. But, talking about hanging people from a tree? I think you kind of have to draw the line somewhere and it's probably in between those two things.

Why? Going into the draft he was projected as an OLB for a 3-4, but was drafted as DE for a 4-3. He wasn't doing well in that system. Now that Chip Kelly has installed the 3-4 and Graham is back to OLB, he's playing very well.

EDIT: Also, if I ever get a chance, I want to get a pet wallaby and name him Rocko. I also want to get a pet penguin. I don't have name picked out for the penguin yet. However, I do know that they will be best friends.

To make that work, you have Speight come in at garbage time and then burn Morris' redshirt if Ruddock were to actually get injured. Basically, if Ruddock is healthy for the full season, then Speight gets some experience and Morris gets a redshirt. If Ruddock gets injured, then the better of Morris/Speight gets the start. and presumably becomes the leader for the spot next year.

I read the article last night and found it to be lacking in point. It almost read is if she was just saying "FYI, my family made this much and there's this thing called cost of living" but she never really tied it back to make the point that the cost of living ratio was probably relatively similar to other people. I think that's where she got into issues. Had she made that comparison and then compared the same salary and cost of living to those in, say, West Virginia or some poorer country, she might have landed the point home for some people.

As someone else pointed out, her family can sell their house and the equity could probably outright buy another house in a cheaper area of the country. This is actually a strategy that some people use to get to early retirement. Live on the coasts, earn triple the salary, spend triple on costs, sell house and have triple the equity when you move somewhere else. However, the same strategy is used by people who earn more money in the US and then sell everything and travel to low cost of living countries off that savings for years at a time.

tl;dr: I can't disagree with the assertions the author was making and I can't say that everyone criticizing her is wrong because they are both right in their points. She's talking cost of living ratio and everyone else is just comparing account balances. They're just different things.

Those cuts near the crease are a designed play by Detroit and they apparently ran it a lot last week against OSU. For those who didn't see it, a player runs down the right side and passes it to the X. The X then cuts around the other side of the net, causing his defender and goalie to slide. At the same time, the original player is cutting toward the goal. When everyone slides, he passes it back to the original guy for a quick dump into the net. Detroit scored 2-3 times on that in the first half, but they only scored once in the second half.

For those who weren't there, Michigan got up 4-0 in less than 6 minutes. There was some back and forth scoring until about 1:30 left in the half when Detroit scored with a flag down to make it 8-5 and cause the EMO. Detroit then clamped Michigan's stick on the faceoff, which was their third penalty FO penalty in the half, causing the delay call. Michigan basically ran the clock out after that and took over in the second half. I don't think it was as lopsided as it appears in the second half, though. I think it was just a steady stream of back and forth action and the better athletes prevailed.

He didn't say it isn't possible, he said it has a 0% chance of happening. Even if Weber were to sue OSU/NCAA, the NCAA would just allow him to go to a different school without sitting out a year. He would then redshirt because he's a freshman.

I was screaming at the TV last night for them to take the TO, but I just thought of something. If you take the TO, you essentially give them 3 more running plays, which everyone agrees is Seattle's strength. By letting the clock run, Seattle could get at most 2 more running plays and doing so might cause them to accidentally run the clock out. Then, they come out in Cover 0 and dared them to pass. I think running into a box with 8 guys in it with 24 seconds left is about as likely to get you criticized when it doesn't work as calling a high-percentage pass against man coverage that ends up getting picked because of the perfect play by the safety.

Again, I'd have called the TO, but I just don't think it's as black and white as everyone else is making it out to be and maybe forcing Seattle to do something stupid was Belichick's plan the whole time.

This died for me when wet leather and a 25 degree difference were shown to be enough to account for the 2psi difference. Regardless of what you think they might or might not have done, there is no way that the NFL can prove that they did it on purpose and there is a significant amount of doubt whether they even needed to. Nothing is going to come out of this and it's silly to keep talking about it at this point.